PERSONALITY, COPING FACTORS AND PROBLEM-SOLVING ABILITY IN OLDER OUTPATIENT CATARACT REMOVAL PATIENTS.
Contributors: University of Wisconsin--Madison.
Published: 1988
Number of pages: 158
Subjects: Gerontology.; Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: In this study, the problem solving ability of a group of 80 community-living persons 61 years of age and over is assessed in the context of the outpatient cataract removal situation. Personality and coping strategies are associated to resolution measures of subjective well-being, adjustment to recovery limitations and symptom levels. The Openness to Experience personality factor from the Neuroticism Extraversion Openness Personality Inventory is used to provide measures of personality. The Ways of Coping Checklist is used to assess coping strategies.

The findings support personality disposition's role in subjective well-being, and a tendency to repress one's feelings in those persons with high levels of symptom reporting. Interventions that would enhance feelings of personal control are recommended for further research with aged and chronically ill persons.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-09, Section: A, page: 2775.

Thesis (PH.D.)--THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON, 1988.

School code: 0262.